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California’s Billionaire Tax Is an Immoral Scam
By retroactively seizing earned wealth, California is acting as a ruler rather than a servant, treating its greatest producers like a piggy bank to be…
May 6
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Robertas Bakula
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A Wall of Separation between Church and State
Understanding This Principle’s Supporting Arguments and Far-Reaching Implications
May 4
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Onkar
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April 2026
The Vance v. Vatican Dispute over “Just War” in Iran Is Humiliating
The attempt to appeal to faith via a medieval doctrine betrays a deep insecurity about justifying what is actually a righteous war
Apr 29
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Ben Bayer
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Meet the New Socialism, Same as the Old
“Democratic socialism” is tyrannical in principle and can be expected to lead to misery in practice
Apr 27
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Ben Bayer
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The Wildly Unjust Claim of Genocide in Gaza
The accusation against Israel is perverse – and it enables Hamas’s actual genocide
Apr 24
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Tristan de Liège
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How Antitrust Probe into Netflix and WBD Merger Killed Their Intellectual Freedom
When antitrust interfered with a merger between Netflix and WBD, it violated intellectual freedom by silencing a voice of a new company before it can…
Apr 22
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Robertas Bakula
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From ARI’s Intellectual Incubator, New Micro Courses
Learn more about the short, focused courses on mathematical physics and the ideals of the American Founding
Apr 21
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Ricardo Pinto
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University Topic Bans Treat the Mind as Passive
Students shouldn’t be sheltered from controversial ideas
Apr 15
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Sam Weaver
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The Term “State Capitalism” Wrongly Equates Freedom With Dictatorship
Critics of Trump’s economic policies must avoid the trap of calling them “state capitalism”
Apr 8
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Sam Weaver
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Now Online: ‘The Age of Envy’
Ayn Rand’s diagnosis of our culture’s hostility to values
Apr 7
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Ricardo Pinto
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Ayn Rand Comments on Reading the Bible from Outer Space: The Triumph of Science vs. the “Moldy Nonsense” of Religion
A champion of reason critiques the smuggling of religious faith into an achievement of scientific rationality.
Apr 7
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Ben Bayer
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What Studying Authoritarianism Teaches Us About Fighting It
The “new right” isn’t new. The National Conservatives, post-liberals, and MAGA-adjacent factions are fighting a war that started centuries ago
Apr 1
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Elan Journo
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